Sheffield Wednesday FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Sheffield Wednesday FC

0 – 0

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Watford FC

Wed 31 Jan 2024 · 19:45 UTC Hillsborough HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 25' Matheus Martins

Liam Palmer 29' Y

Akin Famewo 39' Y

Marvin Johnson 42' Y

Barry Bannan 75' Y

Y 76' Matthew Pollock

Y 90' Ben Hamer

Overview

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Sheffield Wednesday FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Watford FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tom Nield
Assistant 1
Assistant 2 Rob Hyde (England)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Hull City AFC	46	73
4	Oxford United FC	46	47
5	Leicester City FC	46	46
6	Blackburn Rovers FC	1	1
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	1	1
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	0	0
9	Millwall FC	0	0
10	Middlesbrough FC	0	0
11	Swansea City AFC	0	0
12	Watford FC	0	0
13	Charlton Athletic FC	0	0
14	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	0	0
16	Birmingham City FC	0	0
17	Sheffield United FC	0	0
18	Wrexham AFC	0	0
19	Burnley FC	0	0
20	Cardiff City FC	0	0
21	West Ham United FC	0	0
22	Southampton FC	0	0
23	Derby County FC	0	0
24	Norwich City FC	0	0
25	Preston North End FC	0	0
26	Stoke City FC	0	0
27	Lincoln City FC	0	0
28	Portsmouth FC	0	0
29	Bristol City FC	0	0
30	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Sheffield Wednesday FC 8 games · Avg 2.0 goals Watford FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-01-31 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Watford FC 2023-10-21 Watford FC 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2021-04-02 Watford FC 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2020-09-19 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Watford FC

Recent Form

Sheffield Wednesday FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jan	Watford FC	H	0–0	D
26 Jan	Coventry City FC	H	1–1	D
20 Jan	Coventry City FC	H	1–2	L
13 Jan	Southampton FC	A	0–4	L
06 Jan	Cardiff City FC	H	4–0	W
01 Jan	Hull City AFC	H	3–1	W

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jan	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	0–0	D
28 Jan	Southampton FC	H	1–1	D
20 Jan	Bristol City FC	A	1–1	D
14 Jan	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	2–1	W
06 Jan	Chesterfield FC	H	2–1	W
01 Jan	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	3–3	D

Season Stats

Sheffield Wednesday FC		Watford FC
#30	Position	#12
0	Points	0
46	Played	0
2 / 12 / 32	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 0
29	Scored	0
89	Conceded	0
-60	GD	+0
0.00	PPG	–
4%	Win %	–

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

13% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Sheffield Wednesday FC are 30th (0 pts). Watford FC are 12th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Watford FC

0-15

1/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/1

61-75

–/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Sheffield Wednesday FC have kicked off against Watford FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Watford FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' A quiet spell here at Hillsborough. Watford FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' The travelling Watford FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' It looks like no one’s ball. Sheffield Wednesday FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
25' Matheus Martins picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
29' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Liam Palmer.
34' Watford FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 34.
39' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Akin Famewo.
42' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Marvin Johnson on 42 minutes.
46' A change in the Watford FC ranks — Matheus Martins exits the field as Yaser Asprilla enters on 46.
51' Ryan Andrews has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
56' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
61' Sheffield Wednesday FC is showing some good football. However, Sheffield Wednesday FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
66' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sheffield Wednesday FC and Watford FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
71' Sheffield Wednesday FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bailey Cadamarteri is hanging Ike Ugbo on the field on 71 minute.
72' Sheffield Wednesday FC ring the changes. Ike Ugbo has done his job and it is now time for Bailey Cadamarteri to step up.
73' A tactical swap from Watford FC — Mileta Rajovic on, Vakoun Issouf Bayo off on 73 minutes.
74' Watford FC make a change. Jamal Lewis trudges off to be replaced by Ken Sema on 74 minutes.
75' The referee shows Sheffield Wednesday FC player a Yellow card on 75.
76' Matthew Pollock picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
81' Sheffield Wednesday FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
83' Watford FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ryan Porteous is hanging Matthew Pollock on the field on 83 minute.
86' Watford FC ring the changes. Giorgi Chakvetadze has done his job and it is now time for Emmanuel Dennis to step up.
90' The referee shows Watford FC player a Yellow card on 90.
90' It is a substitution in Sheffield Wednesday FC team. Anthony Musaba is replaced by Mallik Wilks on 90 minute.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sheffield Wednesday FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Danny Röhl

Watford FC Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

26
Ben Hamer
8
Jake Livermore
4
Wesley Hoedt
6
Jamal Lewis ↓ Ken Sema 73'
16
Giorgi Chakvetadze ↓ Emmanuel Dennis 86'
19
Vakoun Issouf Bayo ↓ Mileta Rajovic 73'
15
Matthew Pollock ↓ Ryan Porteous 83'
24
Tom Dele-Bashiru
37
Matheus Martins ↓ Yaser Asprilla 46'
11
Ismael Kone
45
Ryan Andrews

Bench

–
Emmanuel Dennis ↑ 86'
12
Ken Sema ↑ 73'
7
Tom Ince
3
Francisco Sierralta
1
Daniel Bachmann
5
Ryan Porteous ↑ 83'
42
James Morris
18
Yaser Asprilla ↑ 46'
9
Mileta Rajovic ↑ 73'

Coach Valerien Ismael

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Vakoun Issouf Bayo	4
Josh Windass	1
Moussa Sissoko	1
Tom Lees	1
Yaser Asprilla	1
Michael Smith	1
Pol Valentin Sancho	1
Tom Ince	1

Head to Head

Sheffield Wednesday FC Form

2024-01-31 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Watford FC D 2024-01-26 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2024-01-20 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Coventry City FC L 2024-01-13 Southampton FC 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2024-01-06 Sheffield Wednesday FC 4–0 Cardiff City FC W 2024-01-01 Sheffield Wednesday FC 3–1 Hull City AFC W

Watford FC Form

2024-01-31 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Watford FC D 2024-01-28 Watford FC 1–1 Southampton FC D 2024-01-20 Bristol City FC 1–1 Watford FC D 2024-01-14 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–2 Watford FC W 2024-01-06 Watford FC 2–1 Chesterfield FC W 2024-01-01 Plymouth Argyle FC 3–3 Watford FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.39 Sheffield Wednesday FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.42 Watford FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 94% + Under — clean sheet likely 86%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sheffield Wednesday FC25% Draw49% Watford FC26%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes14% 0% No86%

Avg goals/match: 0.81

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	52%	48%
± 1.5	21%	79%
± 2.5	6%	94%
± 3.5	1%	99%
± 4.5	0%	100%

Double Chance

Sheffield Wednesday FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Watford FC

75%

Sheffield Wednesday FC or Watford FC

51%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sheffield Wednesday FC10% Draw79% Watford FC11%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

16.5%

1 – 0

15.1%

1 – 1

8.9%

0 – 2

3.3%

2 – 0

2.8%

1 – 2

1.8%

2 – 1

1.7%

2 – 2

0.5%

0 – 3

0.4%

3 – 0

0.4%

1 – 3

0.3%

Asian Handicap — Sheffield Wednesday FC

Handicap	Sheffield Wednesday FC covers	Push	Watford FC covers
-2.5	0%	—	100%
-2	0%	3%	97%
-1.5	3%	—	97%
-1	3%	17%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	18%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Sheffield Wednesday FC keeps clean sheet

66% ✓

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

68% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.